Williamsburg Pottery Factory
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Williamsburg Pottery Factory is located at Lightfoot, Virginia, about 6 miles west of Williamsburg.
[edit] History
The story of the Williamsburg Pottery mirrors the American enterprise system. In 1938, James E. Maloney founded the business, located near Colonial Williamsburg, making eighteenth-century saltglaze reproductions to sell at low prices. As time passed, Maloney added china and glassware, discounting prices so that shoppers would return. Bargain hunters soon flocked to the place. Sales grew exponentially, and the size of the facility grew to meet the demand of the crushing crowd.
Now, the Pottery has mushroomed into 200 acres with 32 buildings, and an inventory of 120,000 items gathered from all over the world.
Each year more than 3,000,000 people visit the Pottery, which has become a landmark in the Historic Triangle.
